Ballard bites: where to stuff your face in this bustling hood

Ballard is overwhelmingly crammed with restaurants. Let us make a few suggestions for your culinary exploration of this rich neighborhood.

Ballard is overwhelmingly crammed with restaurants. Let us make a few suggestions for your culinary exploration of this rich neighborhood.

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Ballard is overwhelmingly crammed with restaurants. Let us make a few suggestions for your culinary exploration of this rich neighborhood.

Ballard is overwhelmingly crammed with restaurants. Let us make a few suggestions for your culinary exploration of this rich neighborhood.

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Ballard bites: where to stuff your face in this bustling hood

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Ballard is almost unrecognizable compared to what it was even five years ago.

Once a sleepy Scandinavian fishing town that voted to join Seattle 111 years ago, it's now awash in condos and trendy bistros that cast a long shadow over the homey diners and dives of blue collar yore.

The food choices are especially daunting these days. So what's worth trying? We polled SeattlePI staffers and readers to gather their favorites, composed of old classics and new favorites alike.